[s-cars] Control Arm Source and Wheel Quandry

[Abe Berman]

Thanks Harold, much appreciated.

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On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Harold McComas
<haroldmccomas at comcast.net>wrote:

> Abe,
>
> I have used www.mcwheel.com  ( in Swanzy, NH close to Keene) to repair one
> Avus wheel a couple of years ago. I think it was $ 100, so not much cheaper
> than the price you were quoted. They list auto wheel repair at $ 80-120.
>
> Harold McComas
>
>
> From: Abe Berman <yellowcuda at gmail.com>
>
>> Subject: [s-cars] Control Arm Source and Wheel Quandry
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>> Patient is a 95.5 Avant.
>>
>> 1.  Need a front control arm bushing, 3/4 of mine is missing.  What is the
>> current sentiment on brand/source for C4 control arms?
>>
>> 2.  I'm running separate sets of summers and winters currently.
>> Unfortunately, bad roads/inattentive driving ate up two of my winter
>> wheels
>> this year, to the point that they cannot be balanced.  I checked on
>> getting
>> them fixed and the price was $125/wheel, which is fairly steep for winter
>> wheels based on my budget.  Those wheels are 17x7.5 2003 Audi A4 5 spokes
>> and I have 1 season old 225/45/17 snows on them.  Bought the set of rims
>> with no tires for $125 last year, a steal, I know.
>>
>> I now know why Bob R. said to go with 16's for snows...  The summer rims
>> that I run are 17x8?s which I usually run 245/40/17?s on, but I don?t have
>> any tires mounted on them now.
>>
>> I am more inclined to replace the existing winter set of wheels (depending
>> on what I can talk my wife into as she thinks that 3 cars and 7 sets of
>> wheels and tires is already enough?) as opposed to fixing them, but I am
>> probably somewhat constrained on price.  Finding that there are some used
>> wheel sets out there that I could probably get into for reasonable cost.
>>
>> Question:  Anyone in the Northeast have some 17" wheels they need to
>> offload?  Anyone know of a more reasonable wheel repair facility in the
>> Northeast?  I have until next winter to fix them, so no rush.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Abe
>> Burlington, VT
>>
>>
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